What You Need to Know about the different types of Rights to your writings online.
nClearly Define and get Agreement to the Terms for Your Writing “up front”, including:
lWho (all) may Claim Authorship to your writing?
nGhostwriting
l“A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other content which are officially credited to another person”
(Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostwriting )
lSome Article Distribution Services Require that the submitter claim Authorship to the Posted Article
lWho (all) may Use Your Writing? And How?
nExclusive vs. Non-Exclusive Rights
lSome Article Distribution Services Require that the submitter have Exclusive Rights to the Posted Article
nPrivate Label Rights (PLR)
l“Private label rights can be sold and bought in the form of articles, reports, eBooks, and autoresponders. This kind of content is used for the purpose of allowing multiple buyers to invest in the content with free rein to alter and use it by claiming authorship of it. “
(Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_label_rights )
nDuplicate Content
lSome Search Engines, etc. “frown upon” and may “penalize” web sties for the posting of (exactly) Duplicate Content
(Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Spinning )
nSome Article Submission Services, Directories, etc. “frown upon” PLR Rights and Article Spinning.